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Everything mobile!enMon, 19 Nov 2018 22:12:11 GMTvBulletin60http://www.petgroomerforums.com/chat/images/petgroomerFallColors/misc/rss.pngPetGroomer.com GroomerTALK and MobileGroomerTALK Community - Mobile Groomer TALKhttp://www.petgroomerforums.com/chat/
Decorated my mobile vanhttp://www.petgroomerforums.com/chat/showthread.php?74561-Decorated-my-mobile-van&goto=newpost
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 02:58:46 GMTI hung about 500 LED lights inside today and actually I love the xtra lights. I put a wreath on the front hood area. Three customers said how festive! They loved it. One gave me their frozen turkey and said they might switch to a honey baked ham...

I hung about 500 LED lights inside today and actually I love the xtra lights. I put a wreath on the front hood area. Three customers said how festive! They loved it. One gave me their frozen turkey and said they might switch to a honey baked ham anyway. Whatever I love it. I would love to make some antlers for the van but not sure how.

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Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:07:12 GMTHello from Florida. I have two exhaust fans in my WNT van. But I dont use them if I have the AC on . I understand their use in cooler weather. Am I not using them correctly.?..Dolly said its a must have.. so do I use them with the ac? do I have them...

Hello from Florida. I have two exhaust fans in my WNT van. But I dont use them if I have the AC on . I understand their use in cooler weather. Am I not using them correctly.?..Dolly said its a must have.. so do I use them with the ac? do I have them both as exhaust or one as a fan, and exhaust over tub?
thnaks for your continued help

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Mon, 12 Nov 2018 22:14:33 GMTFive stars is tops. I look at a hundred mobile ads and saw some vans where wow some people sort of gave up taking care of the interior. I mean really I saw from 5 to 8 year old vans and the differences were jaw dropping sometimes.

Five stars is tops. I look at a hundred mobile ads and saw some vans where wow some people sort of gave up taking care of the interior. I mean really I saw from 5 to 8 year old vans and the differences were jaw dropping sometimes.

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Mon, 12 Nov 2018 22:12:33 GMTI have some automotive skills. I can change the oil on my own car, change tires and fluids. I even worked at a Jiffy oil change for a few months right out of high school, I never did a van though, just passenger cars.
But I know nothing of...

I have some automotive skills. I can change the oil on my own car, change tires and fluids. I even worked at a Jiffy oil change for a few months right out of high school, I never did a van though, just passenger cars.

But I know nothing of servicing an oil change on a sprinter. Is that sort of self evident or easy to learn from someone?

Remember I was going to convert my garage but went mobile. Found a nice used diesel Wag'n Tails sprinter in pretty darn good condition. I flew out to see it and am driving it home next week. I have about two dozen clients that I can take with me all OK. Plus where I am working is not only OK with it but will give me 2 days work through December to help with holidays. Good people out there no matter all the cruddy news.

I know I can count on Tom and TootsiePie and Cockerlvr here and others. This gives me some peace of mind. Happy dance.

In the strip center we now own we had a plumbing issue in the space for the grooming. We were going to have to shutdown the grooming space an entire Saturday. The rest of the building was fine but they don't have the tubs we need. My groomer goes why not get Elena's mobile van? Brilliant. We rescheduled a few dogs, and Elena rented us her mobile for the day. We parked it in back and did our bathing in her van and brought them inside to dry and style. Thank you Elena!

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Fri, 09 Nov 2018 00:40:39 GMTanother one of those things she wanted is listed here. (you sort of have to be a regular to understand this).

another one of those things she wanted is listed here. (you sort of have to be a regular to understand this).

Hey! I am posting this message below for a new member learning how to post on the board:

I bought a Wheeled Coach ambulance conversion on an Ford E350 chassis. I am seeking help and or suggestions for the conversion, and I’m finding sources on the Internet very difficult. Any help from your website would be greatly appreciated, but I don’t know how to post to the forum. Thanks in advance, and I’m looking forward to your response. Their member name is PuppyPond

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Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:35:09 GMTThis was a great week. I have said before I kept all but a few of the mobile clientele of the business I bought. I think it was 4 or 5 that cancelled without explanation and so they were gone. But THREE this week called back after like 12 weeks and...

This was a great week. I have said before I kept all but a few of the mobile clientele of the business I bought. I think it was 4 or 5 that cancelled without explanation and so they were gone. But THREE this week called back after like 12 weeks and said we need a groom. I can work them in but am going to have a quick check in with them that I am doing this a favor pretty much.

So for those of you that say you cannot keep most customers that is not true. But I agree you are right too. So any that might follow in my footsteps do what I did. I worked several weeks as the replacement groomer for the woman that sold me her business. They got used to me and so the new ownership was a no thing.

Our farmer's market that I talked about the last few months was just a block away from the newspaper office. They called me to ask if I would do a short interview on holiday grooming for dogs and cats. Wow, my first "consult" LOL. It sure paid off again to do the market.

J is for January or February, thank you. One of my groomers comes up and says I am going to need maternity leave. She is hardly showing but expecting late January. That's the one thing I needed to hear, AFTER the holidays. Sigh. We are going to be very booked this year but first part of December is slower than usual.

Heyo all,
Ive been a groomer now for about 3yrs at a brick&mortar store and have been tossing around the idea for awhile of starting my own business and going mobile. There is a need for it in my area and it would be the most affordable way for me to be able to start up my own grooming business.

My ball park plan is to do this in the next 3 to 4 years. That allows me to take care of my current personal issues, gain more grooming experience, and do more research and info gathering into the mobile grooming business.

So far ive decided that a trailer would be the best thing to use for a few different reasons, so in my head so far thats my plan.
Just for grooming what size do ya'll recommend, i plan on doing some larger dogs like labs& smaller doodles nothing gigantic and the second question is how do ya'll hand credit card payments?
Cash checks i imagine are very easy as you can just keep a lock box on hand, but what about credit cards? Or do ya'll only do cash and checks?
And do ya'll collect payment before hand? Does the owner have to be at the house when you start to get payment or is there like some agreed time they come back to pay if their not home when you arrive how does that work?

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Sun, 21 Oct 2018 18:20:40 GMTOK How do you make through financially your first year while building a customer base? I want to start off right but not having income and 1500.00 van payment scares me!!!!!!

OK How do you make through financially your first year while building a customer base? I want to start off right but not having income and 1500.00 van payment scares me!!!!!!

My a/c went down last spring (its hit or miss sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't )and I worked most of the summer with box fans and using the a/c from my cab by leaving the door open. I never worked in the hottest part of the day though. Then I made another change and took off the door to the cab off and set the box fan on the armrests in front of the cab a/c and blowing into the grooming station. What a difference!! So if you lose a/c or don't have good a/c in the rear try this until you get what you want working.

It's not that I am against paying for the a/c to be repaired or replaced it's that I can never find anybody to do repairs and maintenance of many things.